Lookin for a Sweet fish

[ser_cyclops]

hey, i just got my two new clowns in and am looking to add more fish to my 242 gal jbj it holds about 20 gal of water and im looking to add a sweet fish in the next month. i would like a cheep easy to keep fish what do you all recommend.

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by SeR_Cyclops
hey, i just got my two new clowns in and am looking to add more fish to my 242 gal jbj it holds about 20 gal of water and im looking to add a sweet fish in the next month. i would like a cheep easy to keep fish what do you all recommend.
look into wrasses or anthias.
other then tht maybe a angel (coral beauty)
if i get nayother ideas ill post them to ya

 

[b0bby1]

coral beauty is to big for a 20 gallon, i would recommend a basslet, wrasse, or dottyback. gobies also would work.

 

[nygel]

firefish

 

[rbaldino]

How about a psuedochromis or a green reef chromis? Both are pretty hardy and reasonably inexpensive.

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by b0bby1
coral beauty is to big for a 20 gallon, i would recommend a basslet, wrasse, or dottyback. gobies also would work.
isnt a 24 gallon lol?
it shoudl be i dont think tht it matters dose it about the lr taking up 4 gallons of lr

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by rbaldino
How about a psuedochromis or a green reef chromis? Both are pretty hardy and reasonably inexpensive.
some pseudochromis can be mean. although nice very mean at time
how about a royal gramma

 

[ser_cyclops]

i heard they can be really territorial i got my two clowns today from swf.com and they are nice i also go the cleaner crew and it was great but one of the hermets were dead and out of his shell that kinda made me a bit mad but hey over all it was great.

 

[nygel]

Originally Posted by bill109
isnt a 24 gallon lol?
it shoudl be i dont think tht it matters dose it about the lr taking up 4 gallons of lr
24g nanos hold 20g

 

[rad]

Originally Posted by b0bby1
coral beauty is to big for a 20 gallon, i would recommend a basslet, wrasse, or dottyback. gobies also would work.
<----guilty of piggy backing: What kind of a wrasse would be suitable for a 24g? I see them at the store and they look like they need alot of swimming room. Would one of them go good with two maroons?

 

[rabid frog]

I think i would stay away from wrasse in a nano. I have a blue figi chromi, royal gramma and a sleeper head goby. They live fine in harmony. The Royal gramma can get grumpy at times. He just opens his mouth really big, like he is yelling, and goes about his business. I have never seen him attack anything. He chased the sleeper goby around when we first put him in, but they got along eventually.
Rad- Maroons are going to get fairly big, too big for a Nano imo. The females get pretty large.
You could also look into getting a clown goby. They are pretty cool and relatively inexspensive.

 

[rad]

what about a male maroon?
I already have a clown goby in my 12g thats a soon to be seahorse tank. hes awesome. excellent suggestion.

 

[rbaldino]

Originally Posted by bill109
some pseudochromis can be mean. although nice very mean at time
how about a royal gramma
Psuedochomis's don't like to be around fish that are very similar to them, like dart fish or gobbies. Everything else they're pretty indifferent to. And not much seperates a royal gramma from a psuedochromis.

 

[nictavius]

I would say that a sixline or 4 line wrasse could easily go into a 20G.....

 

[bill109]

Originally Posted by rbaldino
Psuedochomis's don't like to be around fish that are very similar to them, like dart fish or gobbies. Everything else they're pretty indifferent to. And not much seperates a royal gramma from a psuedochromis.
my purple pseudo was niping and chasing everyone around in my tank and he was with a damsel and 2 cowns.. :thinking:
i wasnt sure about htt grammas as the one i had was shy and didnt bother ne thing

 

[rbaldino]

Originally Posted by bill109
my purple pseudo was niping and chasing everyone around in my tank and he was with a damsel and 2 cowns.. :thinking:
i wasnt sure about htt grammas as the one i had was shy and didnt bother ne thing
Was he the first fish you added to the tank? If so, then he's probably more territorial. I've had psuedos for years without any real problems, except for the time I tried to add a firefish. Yes, they can be aggressive, but in my experience they're generally content to do their own thing most of the time. The bicolor I have now seems most occupied with excavating the sand bed. He pays no real attention to my two clowns or my green reef chromis.

 

[ci11337]

Originally Posted by nYgel
firefish